单选题 Some people ought to defend the workaholic.
These people are unjustly accused, abused, and defamed--often termed sick or morbid or on the border of pathology. About 30% of American business and commerce is carried on the shoulders of workaholics. The ratio might exist in art and science too.
Workaholics are the achievers, the excellers. There is a national conspiracy against excellence and undue admiration of commonness and mediocrity. It is as if we are against those who make uncommon sacrifices because they enjoy doing something.
Some famous psychologists say that the workaholic has an inferiority complex which leads m overcompensation. This is certainly not the case. Inferiority, or low esteem, describes laziness more accurately than it describes dedication.
We do not seem to realize that very little excellence is achieved by living a well-balanced life. Edison, Ford, Einstein and Freud all had single-minded devotion to work whereby they sacrificed many things, including family and friendship. The accusation is made that workaholics bear guilt by not being good parents or spouses. But guilt can exist in the balanced life also. Think how many "normal" people and middle-aged who have never done anything well--they are going to settle for less than what they could have become.
单选题 From this passage we know that workaholic is a term referring to those ______.
  • A. who enjoy work more than anything else
  • B. who make greater contributions than others
  • C. who make uncommon sacrifice in their personal life
  • D. All of the above.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 工作狂指那种热爱工作胜过其他一切的人。选项B和选项C只是工作狂的两种表现，但不是所有的工作狂都贡献比别人大，在日常生活中做出的牺牲比别人多。
单选题 The author's main concern in this passage is to ______.
  • A. point out the role the workaholic plays in the American economy
  • B. defend people who are addicted to work
  • C. encourage us not to worry about our imperfection
  • D. consider the difficulties that confront us at middle age
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 由文章第一句Some people ought to defend the workaholic可知，作者在文章中的本意是为那些献身工作的人辩护。
单选题 The author of the passage would most likely agree that the workaholic ______.
  • A. is mentally ill
  • B. performs an insignficant proportion of American business
  • C. will not have the regrets that many "normal" people face at middle age
  • D. suffers from low self-esteem
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 选项A：工作狂是神经病。显然不对。选项B：工作狂对美国的商界无足轻重。文章说美国 30%的商贸活动都是由他们来实现的。所以不对。选项C：通常没有正常人在中年时有的那些遗憾。正确，因为他们对工作已经完全付出了，并且取得了成就。选项D：工作狂缺乏自信。显然也不对。
单选题 According to this passage ______.
  • A. Freud led a well-balanced life
  • B. workaholics can be helped
  • C. workaholics should be admired
  • D. so-called "normal" people are truly the sick people among us
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 选项A：弗洛伊德生活的很规律。错误，文章说爱迪生、福特、爱因斯坦和弗洛伊德都是一心一意地投人工作，牺牲了许多东西，包括家庭和友谊。选项D：工作狂能够得到帮助。文章没有提到。选项C：工作狂应该受到尊敬。正确，这是作者的意图。选项D：所谓的正常人其实是我们身边的病人。错误，作者只是认为我们周围这些正常人并没有做太多的事，并没有付出多少努力。
单选题 According to the author, one can hardly achieve excellence unless one ______.
  • A. lives an abnormal life
  • B. sacrifices friendship and family
  • C. has total devotion to Work
  • D. ignores popular opinions
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据作者意图，一个人要想取得成绩必须全心全意投入工作，这也就是为什么作者赞美工作狂并为其辩解的原因。